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Sky News — Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Thursday 6 August 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (78%)
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A man accused of killing Scottish aid worker Elizabeth Jane Ross in Athens and disposing of her body in a suitcase appeared in court. The suspect, 26-year-old boxer Sharif Ahmadzai, has admitted moving the body but denied killing her. The broadcast then reported on the situation in Ukraine, where Russian strikes have surged, with July seeing the highest civilian death toll since the war began. A correspondent described nightly air raids in Kyiv, with residents seeking shelter in underground metro stations, and a recent attack involving 40 ballistic missiles.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino apologised for errors in controversial plans to sell World Cup stakes, but appeared to retain support from senior executives. A Cambridge University professor, Jason Arday, resigned amid a university inquiry into plagiarism allegations regarding his PhD thesis and questions about fundraising claims. The UK announced new sanctions targeting Russian banks, shadow fleet tankers, and companies involved in the war in Ukraine. Other stories included a report on rising food poverty among young children, a dementia study, a warning about crash-for-cash insurance fraud, and a record number of referrals to the Prevent anti-extremism scheme, including many children. Finally, two Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, the first such deaths since the June ceasefire, with retaliatory Israeli airstrikes killing at least one person in Lebanon.
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Charged quote Man charged in Greece over murder of British aid worker Elizabeth Jane Ross
Our correspondent Conor Gillis is in Athens and said this. We've been visiting various locations that are central to this story here in central Athens and the main focus of this investigation has been a dark, dingy, abandoned warehouse about half a mile down the road from where we are standing just now.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 1:49-1:55
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Charged quote Man charged in Greece over murder of British aid worker Elizabeth Jane Ross
We visited that property this morning. It was evident that the police had been there in recent days as part of their investigations. We'd spoken to some of the neighbours there who talked of their horror, their shock at exactly what happened. Now, the suspect in this investigation is an Afghan champion boxer,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 2:49-2:54
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Contested quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Just came up to you at ten past ten. Gianni Infantino has apologised for errors made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup but looks set to stay as FIFA boss after apparently receiving the backing of senior executives in the organisation. Our sports correspondent Rob Harris joins us now.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 9:48-9:53
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
The English FA prepared to withdraw its backing for FIFA President Infantino's re-election, following Wales which was the first to drop support, amid reports that Infantino had 200 letters of support before the controversy but now faces opposition from UEFA and CONCACAF countries.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 10:02-10:06
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Carlos Cordeiro resigned in opposition to the plan.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 10:11-10:20
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Who was there? Who wasn't there? Interestingly, Mateusz Grasztym, the secretary-general, was there just a day after I'd obtained an internal email which he called the attempts to sell shares in the World Cup as sad and reproachable in terms of the series of events and the damage that they'd caused. Who wasn't there? Arsène Wenger, former Arsenal manager who's chief of global development.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 10:36-10:40
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Several senior executives were absent from the management board meeting, including Arsene Wenger, Jill Ellis, Sarai Berman, and Kevin Lamour.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 10:44-10:59
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Also the chief women's football officer, Sarai Berman, wasn't there. Also not there. The chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, last week. He issued a public statement saying that he and others were deceived over this project. He's technically still in place. So there was not a unanimous appearance there from the management board.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 11:00-11:04
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
including Gianni Infantino's former senior advisor until last week, Carlos Cordero, who announced his resignation in a statement to me last Friday, saying that this was all a bad deal for football. And here we have Infantino and Grasztym saying that FIFA will no longer tolerate any attacks on its integrity, good governance and due process
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 12:22-12:24
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Claim Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
Jason Arday claimed to have run 600 miles in six days, later changed to 12 days.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 19:01-19:06
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Claim Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
Cambridge University launched a probe into Professor Jason Arday, who resigned shortly after and said the campaign against him was racially motivated.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 19:21-19:34
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Claim Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
Arday said the accusations and public commentary have taken a profound toll and that his resignation should not be mistaken for accepting the claims.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 19:59-20:04
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Charged quote Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
It said, while criticism is an inevitable part of academic life, what I have experienced has gone far beyond scholarly disagreement. The relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I love. He went on to say the decision should not be interpreted as a loss of faith in scholarship or in the values
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 20:02-20:04
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Claim Jason Arday resigns after Cambridge plagiarism investigation
More than 16,000 people signed a petition in support of Arday, set up by the Good Law Project.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 20:44-20:55
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Claim UK Prevent referrals hit record high with many children under 10
Referrals to Prevent reached a record high of 10,293 in the year to September 2025.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 6 August 2026, 23:35-23:42
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